Anthony Burgess Quotes
‘Here we go again,’ he thought. ‘Drink and reminiscence. Another day of wasted time. They’re right when they say we drink too much out here. And we slobber too much over ourselves....We’re all sorry for ourselves because we’re not big executives or artists or happily married men in a civilized temperate climate.’Anthony Burgess
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.
Daniel Espinosa -
I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
Oscar Isaac -
Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
R. W. Apple, Jr. -
Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
Sam Shepard -
Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
Laura Dern
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I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.
Tamara Mellon -
I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
Dan Stevens -
'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
S. E. Hinton -
And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
Larry David -
'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
Gail Carson Levine -
It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.
Bebe Rexha
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Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages.
Pankaj Mishra -
There was no Groundlings or Upright Citizens Brigade where I was from. Looking back on it, I was trying to do sketch comedy in my stand-up, which is still kind of what I am doing now. To go full-circle here, it's kind of like one-man sketch.
Dana Carvey -
It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
Adam Cohen -
I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
Daniel Craig -
We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
Mae Jemison -
If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
Maisie Williams
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I think the concept of polo that people had in the 1920s and the 1930s was much more accurate, when going to a polo match was seen as a great day out and great fun on a more popular level.
Nacho Figueras -
For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
There can be problems with extended families, and it can get a little close for comfort. But for the younger generations, it's clear that this option is becoming almost as appealing as living alone.
Annalee Newitz -
I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
Oprah Winfrey -
You can cycle through London on the side streets, which are less polluted - and much more interesting anyway.
Deborah Moggach -
‘Here we go again,’ he thought. ‘Drink and reminiscence. Another day of wasted time. They’re right when they say we drink too much out here. And we slobber too much over ourselves....We’re all sorry for ourselves because we’re not big executives or artists or happily married men in a civilized temperate climate.’
Anthony Burgess